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re: How did Nebraska used to be a dominant football program?
Posted on 6/6/15 at 9:27 am to PrimeTime Money
Posted on 6/6/15 at 9:27 am to PrimeTime Money
Steroids and mediocre competition.
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Posted on 6/6/15 at 9:49 am to Tigertown in ATL
State Colle, Tuscaloosa, and Ohio are all high school football hotbeds though. Tons of recruits within 100 miles of those schools. Pennsylvania HS football isn't what it used to be, but in the 60's-70s it was some of the best in the country.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:00 am to Tiger in NY
I'm not sure any small area will ever produce QBs the way western Pennsylvania did back in he day.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:17 am to PrimeTime Money
you used to be able to have 100 guys on the team. some of them would turn out to be able to play.
they had a walk on tradition (guys played special teams) and a great coach.
the SEC did not yet have black players. Grambling was undefeated.
Consider this: Yale has several national championships, undefeated teams, back in the day.
they had a walk on tradition (guys played special teams) and a great coach.
the SEC did not yet have black players. Grambling was undefeated.
Consider this: Yale has several national championships, undefeated teams, back in the day.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:23 am to CelticDog
Dr Tom was almost as big of a hypocrite as JoePa. He and the NU fans would look down their noses at Switzerland and the Sooners for being such massive cheaters. But, once Dr Tom got to be known as a choke artist during the 70s and 80s and the Sooners kept racking up titles, the heat started getting turned up and he sold his soul to the devil. Partial qualifiers, straight up crimininals (Phillips, Peters, et al) proved he was no more morally righteous than evil Barry.
Also, steroids and a weak conference didn't hurt.
Also, steroids and a weak conference didn't hurt.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:27 am to VABuckeye
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I'm not sure any small area will ever produce QBs the way western Pennsylvania did back in he day.
Isn't it something like: Namath, Kelly, Kosar, Montana, Marino, Unitas
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:28 am to SoFla Tideroller
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weak conference didn't hurt.
The Big 8 was pretty stout with Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado. That's 3 top 10 teams right there.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:37 am to 12Pence
They gave county scholarships to football players, one in each county and then had them walk on. It's the reason their walk on program was so good. Can you imagine giving all the fringe players in Louisiana (or Ohio), that you can't offer due to scholarship restrictions, a scholarship offer and see which ones pan out? It would be a huge advantage.
Couple that with partial qualifiers which many schools didn't accept or severely limited, but were basically unlimited at Nebraska.
Couple that with partial qualifiers which many schools didn't accept or severely limited, but were basically unlimited at Nebraska.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 10:44 am to Arksulli
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They were on TV a lot back in the day, they had a great weight training program that used injections of Vitamin S, and they racked up a ton of wins back in the day against some programs that weren't on their level
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Came here to post the same thing. of course they had some questionable recruiting too but that wasn't unique to NU.
They were "the" program to play for in a big footprint of the country. Sprinkled with skill players from Fla and Cal.
What Kosmo said too. So the answer to OP is a combination of things.
This post was edited on 6/6/15 at 10:46 am
Posted on 6/6/15 at 11:38 am to Tiger in NY
Add George Blanda. The list is ridiculous.
The Pittsburgh region also has developed many notable athletes that have gone on to outstanding careers in professional sports. The region has produced a multitude of NFL quarterbacks, giving Western Pennsylvania the nickname "Cradle of Quarterbacks."[5][6] Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Johnny Unitas, Charlie Batch, Marc Bulger, George Blanda, Johnny Lujack, Jeff Hostetler, Gus Frerotte, Willie Thrower, Warren Heller, Tyler Palko, Terrelle Pryor, Alex Van Pelt, Sandy Stephens, Terry Hanratty, Mike McMahon, Major Harris, Matt Cavanaugh, Chuck Fusina, Rod Rutherford, Ted Marchibroda, Babe Parilli, John Hufnagel, Tom Sherman, Richie Lucas, Boyd Brumbaugh, Scott Zolak, Anthony Morelli, Ed Matesic, Tom Clements, Coley McDonough, Charley Seabright and current Steelers quarterback Bruce Gradkowski all hail from within a 50 mile radius of the city.
The Pittsburgh region also has developed many notable athletes that have gone on to outstanding careers in professional sports. The region has produced a multitude of NFL quarterbacks, giving Western Pennsylvania the nickname "Cradle of Quarterbacks."[5][6] Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Johnny Unitas, Charlie Batch, Marc Bulger, George Blanda, Johnny Lujack, Jeff Hostetler, Gus Frerotte, Willie Thrower, Warren Heller, Tyler Palko, Terrelle Pryor, Alex Van Pelt, Sandy Stephens, Terry Hanratty, Mike McMahon, Major Harris, Matt Cavanaugh, Chuck Fusina, Rod Rutherford, Ted Marchibroda, Babe Parilli, John Hufnagel, Tom Sherman, Richie Lucas, Boyd Brumbaugh, Scott Zolak, Anthony Morelli, Ed Matesic, Tom Clements, Coley McDonough, Charley Seabright and current Steelers quarterback Bruce Gradkowski all hail from within a 50 mile radius of the city.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 12:02 pm to VABuckeye
Didn't most high schools in Nebraska run their offensive system as well, so that when they got to campus they had 4years of prep?
Posted on 6/6/15 at 1:35 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Dr Tom was almost as big of a hypocrite as JoePa. He and the NU fans would look down their noses at Switzerland and the Sooners for being such massive cheaters. But, once Dr Tom got to be known as a choke artist during the 70s and 80s and the Sooners kept racking up titles, the heat started getting turned up and he sold his soul to the devil. Partial qualifiers, straight up crimininals (Phillips, Peters, et al) proved he was no more morally righteous than evil Barry.
Also, steroids and a weak conference didn't hurt.
Coming from a Bama fan, this is pretty goddamn funny.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 3:49 pm to TigersHuskers
I don't think Bama has ever looked down its nose like it was some kind of paragon of virtue like Nebraska did with others in general and Oklahoma in particular.
Posted on 6/6/15 at 4:07 pm to PrimeTime Money
Tom Osborne
Posted on 6/6/15 at 5:33 pm to PrimeTime Money
Tom Osborne recruited his linemen, offense and defense, from the local area. They were loyal to him and Nebraska, and after their incredible strength and conditioning program he always had 5th year seniors. Then he would take these fully matured men and pump them full of roids.
Look at Grant Wistrom, Osborne was creating fanatics in the trenches.
Look at Grant Wistrom, Osborne was creating fanatics in the trenches.
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